Quality Engineer

Latitude Recruitment; Winchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in the United Kingdom is looking for a Quality Engineer to oversee quality-related performance in Winchester. The role involves implementing culture change, ensuring compliance with processes, and collaborating with production teams to enhance quality assurance. The ideal candidate possesses experience in managing supplier issues and utilizing quality tools. This position offers a structured work schedule from Monday to Friday, ensuring a balance between work and personal time.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for oversight of the quality-related performance of assigned product streams.
• Supporting daily shopfloor performance meetings and actioning quality related activities.
• Ensuring compliance with processes and procedures through continual verification of operations activities.

Skills

Experience implementing culture change

Experience with supplier and component issues

Experience working with Quality Tools and techniques

Job description

Overview

Quality Engineer. Our clients based close to Winchester have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Engineer to join their growing team. The Quality Engineer will be an agent for change. They will possess a strong character to drive change throughout the organisation and will be a “decision-maker” whose natural inclination is to base decisions on facts and data.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for oversight of the quality-related performance of assigned product streams
• Supporting daily shopfloor performance meetings and actioning quality related activities
• Attending and facilitating production initiated QRQC events
• Spearheading the continuous improvement culture in production and manufacturing teams
• Ensuring compliance with processes and procedures through continual verification of operations activities
• Conformity of product; compliance to design, customer and regulatory requirements
• Capture and analyse manufacturing metrics to identify trends, gaps and opportunities for improvement; and facilitating the realisation of those improvements
• Assist with machine and process capability studies using data and statistical techniques
• Support the running of trials and other process improvement initiatives
• Implement and support the 5S and workflow improvement activities in manufacturing areas
• Ensure adequate installation and control of fixtures, jigs and tooling and calibration/maintenance thereof
• Generate and maintain Quality Control Plans and process flow charts to support manufacturing processes
• Adjudication and supporting technical liaison with suppliers on part concerns and rejections
• Timely response to customer and internal concerns raised, including effective containment and corrective action as necessary to secure conformity of product and service
• Supporting the RMA root cause analysis activities, liaising with the operations teams Engineering support
• Work closely with Design and Production Engineering to enhance the manufacturing quality assurance
• Participate in the creation and maintenance product and process flow documentation, SOP's and work instructions in conjunction with the Production Engineering function
• Support the Product Development and Design Engineering function from a quality perspective as part of the APQP and PPAP processes

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience implementing culture change
• Experience with supplier and component issues
• Experience working with Quality Tools and techniques

Working hours

7:30 to 16:45 Monday - Thursday

7:30 to 12:00 on Friday